Community resilience

Why create a community emergency plan?

No matter what measures we put in place, accidents and emergencies happen. In the last few years, the country has experienced severe winter weather, flooding, travel disruption, fuel shortages, animal diseases and a pandemic flu outbreak.

Harrogate Borough Council’s Emergency Planning Team has been working with parishes to develop Community Resilience Plans. These plans help communities:

prepare for emergencies

respond to emergencies

recover from emergencies

Creating a community emergency plan isn’t about doing the job of the emergency services. It’s about supporting your community by making sensible preparations and using the skills and knowledge in the community to support the emergency response.

If you would like further information on community resilience, or you would like to volunteer to support your community plan, please email emergencyplanning@harrogate.gov.uk.